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It deals with the difficult process of ending things in our lives. This could be letting an employee or co-worker go, ending a bad habit, or making a needed change in our lives.

Take a look at some of the wisdom Cloud shares in this book.

“Your attempts to fix should also include a realistic assessment of the potential for recovery and whether or not you are indulging in false hope. Leaders by nature are often optimistic and hopeful, but if you do not have some criteria by which you distinguish legitimate optimism from false hope, you will not get the benefits of pruning.”

Working in a volunteer organization, I found the next one very challenging. Read more...(731 words, 2 images, estimated 2:55 mins reading time)

In my recent readings of Proverbs, a repeated idea kept jumping of the pages. Words like rebuke, correct, instruct, teach, and train kept popping up. To take these things to heart is called wisdom in the Bible.

When I came across some similar ideas in Henry Cloud’s excellent book, Necessary Endings, they caught my eye.

Here are a few of traits Cloud gives for both the wise and foolish person: Read more...(544 words, 1 image, estimated 2:11 mins reading time)

Traits of the Wise Person:

When you give them feedback, they listen, take it in, and adjust their behavior accordingly.

When you give them feedback, they embrace it positively. They say things like, “Thank you for telling me that.”

They own their performance, problems, and issues and take responsibility for them without excuses or blame.

Your relationship is strengthened as a result of giving them feedback.

Christians and ministries often have a hard time losing hope. Hope filled Christianity is a wonderful thing, but it is more and more normal for people to hold out hope without any evidence to support it.

There are times when we must actually lose hope and it may be in the best interest of the person or the project.

Henry Cloud in his fantastic book,Necessary Endings, deals with this at length. Take a look at some of these thoughts.

“Hope is based not only on desire, but also on real, objective reasons to believe that more time will help. That is way different from mere desire. Here is the principle: In the absence of real, objective reasons to think that more time is going to help, it is probably time for some type of necessary ending.” Read more...(514 words, 1 image, estimated 2:03 mins reading time)

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Hi, my name is Chris. I write about how grace enables us not to be superheroes. Instead, as ordinary believers, we learn to trust in God. We will explore grace through missions, leadership, and the Bible. If you are a recovering superhero like me, this blog is for you!